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Dow Chemical has taken a leadership role on studying and implementing BPS, both within Dow by its BPS team and externally under the framework of United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (USBCSD). It is a growing success within the company. This paper elaborates Dow Chemical's history of waste management, its movement to BPS/IS, its vision and mission on BPS and status quo of BPS activities. The BPS work process, developed and implemented by Dow, that provides guidelines for the BPS practices is discussed. This paper is intended to foster wide practice of BPS by sharing and leveraging Dow Chemical's experience and learnings. In order for by-product synergy to succeed, it is suggested that efforts should focus on (1) follow the principles of locality, diversity and gradual change; (2) try to cultivate a cultural change; and (3) constantly and conscientiously realize the challegnes and barriers and work out countermeasures to address or remove the barriers.